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Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Danish waxæ, from Old Norse vaxa, from Proto-Germanic *wahsaną, cognate with Swedish växa, English wax (poetic), German wachsen, Dutch wassen. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-, *h₂weg-, which is also the source of Latin augeō, Ancient Greek αὐξάνω (auxánō), and Danish øge.
Pronunciation
Verb
vokse (past tense voksede, past participle vokset)
- (intransitive) to grow
- (reflexive) to grow into, become
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Etymology 2
Derived from the noun voks (“wax”).
Verb
vokse (past tense voksede, past participle vokset)
- to wax
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Danish vokse, from Old Norse vaxa.
Verb
vokse (imperative voks, present tense vokser, simple past vokste, past participle vokst, present participle voksende)
- to grow (get bigger)
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Etymology 2
From the noun voks.
Verb
vokse (imperative voks, present tense vokser, simple past and past participle voksa or vokset, present participle voksende)
- to wax (something: with wax)
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Norwegian Nynorsk
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Etymology
From the noun voks.
Verb
vokse (present tense voksar, past tense voksa, past participle voksa, passive infinitive voksast, present participle voksande, imperative vokse/voks)
- to wax (apply wax to something)
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